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Serious Art Quotes

It may well be, of course, that America’s pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don’t think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art Picture Quote #1

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art Picture Quote #1

In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one’s living so as not to be a parasite and loving one’s neighbor Picture Quote #1

Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form Picture Quote #1

From their 61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their wake the songbook and sound for their career. It’s the musical trough from which nearly every musician drinks Picture Quote #1

The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art Picture Quote #1

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The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts Picture Quote #1

Perhaps... I mean there are people who defend that it as an art. I don’t. I like it but it’s not an art form as far as I’m concerned, and yet it’s a similar thing, once you can’t land those jumps, you’re disqualified - that precludes it from ever becoming a serious art form Picture Quote #1

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport Picture Quote #1

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs Picture Quote #1

Serious art is born from serious play Picture Quote #1

Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one Picture Quote #1

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Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious Picture Quote #1

Life is serious but art is fun! Picture Quote #1

The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious Picture Quote #1

My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity Picture Quote #1

I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art Picture Quote #1

Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict Picture Quote #1

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Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious Picture Quote #1

I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film Picture Quote #1

And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object Picture Quote #1

I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged Picture Quote #1

The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self deceiving life Picture Quote #1

I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to have fun. I’ve been guilty in my career about that at times. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought I didn’t want anybody else to have a hit with it! Picture Quote #1

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Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie Picture Quote #1

Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times Picture Quote #1

For the serious artist does not satisfy needs - instead, he creates values. Values, to the world at large, have - alas, alas, and again alas - no value at all Picture Quote #1

The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories Picture Quote #1

All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time Picture Quote #1

Art is a kind of artificial memory and the pain which attends all serious art is a sense of that factitiousness Picture Quote #1

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It may well be, of course, that America’s pop culture is on balance better than our high art. I don’t think so, but you can certainly make a case that the best of it aspires to a degree of aesthetic and emotional seriousness that is directly comparable to all but the very greatest works of high art. (Serious Art Quotes) Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art (Serious Art Quotes) In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one’s living so as not to be a parasite and loving one’s neighbor. (Serious Art Quotes) Black literature is taught as sociology, as tolerance, not as a serious, rigorous art form (Serious Art Quotes) From their 61 Cavern Club debut to their last rooftop concert eight years later, The Beatles gave every serious artist in their wake the songbook and sound for their career. It’s the musical trough from which nearly every musician drinks (Serious Art Quotes) The first things to study are form and values. For me, these are the things that are the basics of what is serious in art (Serious Art Quotes) The world likes humor, but it treats it patronizingly. It decorates its serious artists with laurel, and its wags with Brussels sprouts (Serious Art Quotes) Perhaps... I mean there are people who defend that it as an art. I don’t. I like it but it’s not an art form as far as I’m concerned, and yet it’s a similar thing, once you can’t land those jumps, you’re disqualified - that precludes it from ever becoming a serious art form (Serious Art Quotes) In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport (Serious Art Quotes) For the serious artist does not satisfy needs (Serious Art Quotes) Serious art is born from serious play (Serious Art Quotes) Art must always remain earnest... Art must be serious, no sarcasm, comedy. One does not laugh at a loved one (Serious Art Quotes) Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious (Serious Art Quotes) Life is serious but art is fun! (Serious Art Quotes) The first mistake of art is to assume that it's serious (Serious Art Quotes) My background was art school, documentary director and surfer with a keen interest in thrilling acts of life threatening stupidity (Serious Art Quotes) I believe that an art exhibition can be engaging, fun and deeply intellectually satisfying and serious. These are not contradictory concepts in art (Serious Art Quotes) Serious and good art has always existed to help, to serve, humanity. Not to indict (Serious Art Quotes) Too many of these writers in the music papers, they are misunderstanding everything. The disco sound is not art or anything so serious (Serious Art Quotes) I wanted to do dance with the same seriousness as art was done and acknowledged, not with the entertainment factor that is always connected to theater and film (Serious Art Quotes) And the fifteenth century was an impassioned age, so ardent and serious in its pursuit of art that it consecrated everything with which art had to ad as a religious object (Serious Art Quotes) I am not an angel and do not pretend to be. That is not one of my roles. But I am not a devil, either. I am a woman and a serious artist, and I would like so to be judged (Serious Art Quotes) The serious revolutionary, like the serious artist, can't afford to lead a sentimental or self deceiving life (Serious Art Quotes) I think of myself as a serious artist. Sometimes you can get in your head too much about that and forget that you have to have fun. I’ve been guilty in my career about that at times. But the more I thought about it, the more I thought I didn’t want anybody else to have a hit with it! (Serious Art Quotes) Many of the critics today get airline tickets, hotel accommodation, bags, beautiful photographs, gifts and other expenses paid by the distributors, and then are supposed to write serious articles about the movie (Serious Art Quotes) Serious art has been the work of individual artists whose art has had nothing to do with style because they were not in the least connected with the style or the needs of the masses. Their work arose rather in defiance of their times (Serious Art Quotes) For the serious artist does not satisfy needs - instead, he creates values. Values, to the world at large, have - alas, alas, and again alas - no value at all (Serious Art Quotes) The serious artist must be as open as nature. Nature does not give all of herself in a paragraph. She is rugged and not set apart into discreet categories (Serious Art Quotes) All serious art is being destroyed by commerce. Most people don’t want art to be disturbing. They want it to be escapist. I don’t think art should be escapist. That’s a waste of time (Serious Art Quotes) Art is a kind of artificial memory and the pain which attends all serious art is a sense of that factitiousness (Serious Art Quotes)

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